Dear Abandonia visitors: We are a small team that runs one of the largest DOS Games websites in the world. We have only 3 members of staff, but serve 450,000 users and have outgoing costs like any other top site for example: our servers, power, rent, programs, and staff. Abandonia is something special. It is a library of old games for you to download. It is like an old gaming arcade with all the old games in their original format. Abandonia is a place where you can find great old games and have fun four hours and years. To protect our independence, we are dependent of our friends using the site. We run on donations averaging around 6 USD (5 Euro). If everyone reading this gave the price of a cup of coffee, our fundraiser would be made easier. If Abandonia is useful to you, take one minute to keep it online for another year. Please help us forget fundraising and get back to Abandonia.

When Abandonia was founded it was to collect and present all old games where the copyright protection had been abandoned, hence the term ’abandonware’ and the site name Abandonia.com. We are still doing our best to keep the site open and free and will appreciate your support to help it stay that way.

&dash; Thank you from the Abandonia Team

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Colonization, together with Civilization, is one of Sid Meier's best productions ever. It's engaging, addictive, fun, challenging, and above all, a real masterpiece. The setting is well known: You start off as an explorer from a country you choose. There are four countries available (Spain, France, the Netherlands and England), and each one has its advantages and disadvantages.

As an explorer, your task will be to discover America (or a random New World) and establish diplomatic contact with the natives and other explorers, whose task is to conquer as much as possible. Apart from the diplomacy, you will also have to watch over political relations with your mother country, establish trade routes, train workers, manage cities, research, and use the available resources wisely. Your final goal is to declare independence and, after that, fight off the attacks from your mother country. Once you achieve this, you no longer have to pay tributes to your king, and you have complete freedom.

This game is so complex and has so many layers that you will probably learn new things every time you play it. Its potential is limitless, and each session is unique. The graphics are very nice and easy on the eyes. Navigation is pretty simple, and you will learn it quickly. The game might seem difficult at the beginning, but you can learn the basics in a really short time. The music and sounds are great. All in all, a brilliant, shining 5 for this masterpiece!